Administratrix of luke



(No Modell) y A L. DOYLE, Deod.

M. E. Dom, Adminispramx.

CARRIAGE BUDY.

Patented July 4, 1893.

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UNTTED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MARY E. DOYLE, OF BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ADMINISTRATRIX OF LUKE DOYLE,DECEASED.

CARRIAGE-BODY.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 500,740, dated July 4,1893.

Application filed January 9, 1893. Serial No. 457,368. (No model.)

To @ZZ w/wm, it may concern/r Beit known that LUKE DOYLE, deceased,latea citizen of the United States, who resided at Boston, in the countyof Suffolk and State of Massachusetts, did invent-a new and usefulImprovement in Carriage-Bodies, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention has for its object the production of a sill-lesscarriagebody of noveland 1o useful construction, more particularlyapplicable to vehicles of the lighter two-wheel pleasure class,generally designated as cai-ts, yet adaptable to a four wheel wagon forbusiness purposes or other all around uses, wherein the desideratum islightness, actual and in appearance, united with strength in production,and inexpensive in erection. To attain these valuable requisites in theart of vehicular construction, said DOYLE proceeded as 2o illustrated inthe annexed drawings forming a part of this specification, whereinFigure l, indicates a longitudinal vertical central section of thefeatures of construction embodied in a sill-less vehicle body of the in-2 5 vention, Fig. 2, being a top plan thereof, with one-half of the seatin position, and the box casing broken away to disclose its method offastening to the frame.

Similar letters of referenceindicate thesame 3o features throughout thedrawings, referring to Which-- A, A, designates the main frames of thevehicle body, the half or less of a true circle, forming at its mostelevated portion bearings 5 5 for the carriage seat B, and supportslaterally for the removable box O, constituting the luggage carrierwhich the frames inclose, the sides of which may be paneled orappropriately ornamented. The forward ends of said 4o frames A, A, aretenoned or may be gained as at E, to enter corresponding mortises orcavities in the auxiliary forward frames F, F, which also form a segmentof a true circle, but of lesser diameter than the main frame,

each of which constitutes in fact a prescribed part of Y two wheels ofsolid rims of unequal circumferences, adapted, when assembled, as asill-less carriage frame. Said forward frames are united by transversetransoms, G, G2, G3,

5o which are grooved as at H, to properly receive the foot boards I, andfirmly bind or unite them, While the end or forward transom G2,similarly grooved forms a support for the dash board J, the cross bar M,forming along its reawrard side a ledge M', for the partial 55 su pportof the box O, which is further secured in a manner presently described.

In the main frames A, A, about one-third of their length from forwardends, is provided preferably a second mortise, as at K, which 6oreceives a corresponding tenon L, springing from Vthe rear end of thelesser frames F, F, through said tenons and mortises, or gains andcavities. These frames are firmly united and further bound togetherthrough the instrumentality of the transoms previously described, whilethe cross bars M, M2, augment the strength of binding, and alsoprimarily form part of the supports for the box C. The latter is madeaccessible through a door N, at 7o the rear, hinged as at n, n, to openoutwardly and downwardly, and also from thetop through a hatchway O, inthe seat B, this opening in the box practically extending forward to thecasing P, where, however, the aperture is concealed by the pendent seatflap R.

The method previously alluded to of removably securing said box to thecarriage frames F, F, is now reverted to. Therefore the angle irons S,S, are provided, which aresecuredto the 8o inner sides of the box C,forward and within, and in a position adjacent to and beneath thetransom G5, and casing P. Above the latter are provided the angle ironsT, T, secured to said transom G3, and which are further provided withthreaded short bolts and nuts U,

U, which pass through the angle irons S, S, against which they aresecured by nuts in the usual manner, thus providing a firm support,

in conjunction with the ledge M', on the trans- 9o verse bar M, for theforward end of the box, the rear end of which rests upon thecorresponding bar M2. In this manner is secured firm box supports, andin a manner that permits a ready removal of said box O, when desired toomit this feature of the invention from the frame, as, for instance, inits adaptation as a four-Wheeler. Herein the frames A,

A, serve in the capacity of a wheel house of the ordinary cut undervehicles, permitting roo the fore-wheels, situated well forward beneaththe frames F, F, to turn under the body, or

frames A, A. By this novel construction of said frames, is obviouslydispensed with the usual wood sills, rockers, or bottom side pieces andmetal strengthening plates thereto attached, as said frames A, A, are intheir form and strength allied to trusses.

A further improvement lies in the construction of the seat by theapplication of the bent wooden skirtV,Wl1ich is completed with roundedrear corners as at fu, thus securing a smooth and unbroken exterior in aWood surface, in lieu of the leather skirts so uniformly employed.Preferably this seat skirt is scarfed, as appears at W, though the samemay be steamed or otherwise made to conform to the desired shape; themetal bead W2, being outwardly affixed, completes the construction.

Having thus defined the nature of the invention and the constructionthereof, it is desired to secure by Letters Patent and claim- 1. As anew article of manufacture, a sillless carriage body, consisting of thefollowing instrumentalities, to Witz-a pair of semi-circular mainframes, a pair of semi-circular auxiliary frames oflessereircumference,a box therein detachably secured, adapted as aluggage carrier, a series of transoms organized to unite said frames, apair of transverse bars 'adapted to support said box, a series of angleirons and the nuts and bolts therefor provided, adapted to attach andconfine said box in position within said frames; all combined, arrangedand constructed to embrace the structural elements of a carriage body,substantiallyin the manner and for the purposes herein specified andillustrated.

2. In combination with the frames A, A, and frames F, F, the box C,provided With apertures for ingress, and means substantially ashereinbefore specified, for detachably confining the same to said framesin the manner described and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a carriage body, the semi-circular frames of unequalcircumferences, the removable and detachable box therein inclosed, thecombination therewith of a transverse grooved bar M, provided with asingle ledge M', adapted to aid the support of said box, and theduplicate angle irous S, S, adapted to detachably unite the same withthe frame, substantially as described.

4. In a carriage body, the four-part semicircular frame, the detachablebox therein attached, the supporting cross bar therefor provided with aledge, and the angle irons attached to said box, in combination With atransverse single grooved transom G3, the angle irons T, T, theretoattached, adapted to cooperate through the medium of the threaded boltsand nuts U, U, with the angle irons S, S, to support and confine the boxto the frame, substantially as herein illustrated and described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification, in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses, on this 19th day of November, A.D. 1892.

. MARY E. DOYLE,

Administratrice of Luke Doyle, deceased.

Witnesses:

JAMES R. MURPHY, JOHN TIGHE.

